Power bills on Australia’s east coast expected to fall by up to 10% from July, bringing ‘welcome relief’

Increased output from wind generation and batteries, and falling electricity contract prices, are expected to deliver lower energy bills

The Guardian
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"The asleep" or biased, say that #Nuclear energy should be part of the solution to mitigate #ClimateChange. Of course the nuclear industry is all for it.

BUT, It's relatively easy to target a nuclear power station, or nuclear waste stockpile, with a drone. A bomb could spread nuclear waste for miles.

Unfortunately, "business as usual", often gets it's way (until a disaster changes minds)

#Environment #energy #electricity #RenewableEnergy

Emergency Lawsuit Filed to Stop Trump Admin Meeting That Could Drive a Whale Species to Extinction https://www.bocvip.com/1257004/emergency-lawsuit-filed-to-stop-trump-admin-meeting-that-could-drive-a-whale-species-to-extinction/ #environment

#EU

has exempted 90 percent of Europe’s companies

The overturned rules included mandatory reporting by most EU companies of their impact on climate change, and how environmental dangers could affect their business. They also forced companies selling products on the continent to report on child and forced labour issues, as well as potentially dangerous working conditions in their international supply chains

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/how-europes-climate-and-sustainability-rules-were-shredded-while-citizens-remained-in-the-dark/

#ClimateChange #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

How Europe’s Climate and Sustainability Rules Were Shredded While Citizens Remained in the Dark

Policymakers, civil society, investors, business, and the media all must answer key questions fast — before the regulatory rollback turns into a rout.

The Good Men Project

FOR THE BIRDS

🐦‍⬛ Non-native trees are commonly used in urban settings, but a new study out of Sweden finds that native trees provide more resources and are preferred by urban birds.

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-urban-birds-native-trees-long-term.html

🐛 Another study out of the University of Glasgow shows that common woodland birds produce more chicks when surrounded by a greater abundance of native tree foliage.

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-woodland-birds-native-trees-chicks.html

👉 Support the planting of native trees in all environments.

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation #NativePlants #UrbanPlanning #Birds #Environment #HabitatGardening #NativeTrees

Urban birds prefer native trees, shows long-term study

Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown in a long-term study from Lund University in Sweden.

Phys.org

What do attention, affordance, salience, and valence have to do with meaning, and what is the architecture of encounter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOmNX3MVrk

#philosophy #philosophics #attention #psychology #salience #valence #affordance #language #ontology #video #meaning #writing #books #nature #environment #mediation

Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts https://www.bocvip.com/1256958/higgs-boson-breakthrough-was-uk-triumph-but-british-physics-faces-catastrophic-cuts/ #environment

Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner
By Neve Brissenden

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/griffin-coal-rehab-wa-taxpayers-liable/106468356

#Coal #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #RegionalCommunities #MiningandMetalsIndustry #EnvironmentalImpacts #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalManagement #Environment #StateandTerritoryParliament #NeveBrissenden

Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running

Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.

Ars Technica